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Thursday, April 16, 2020

Social Distance Boating in Minneapolis during Covid-19.

Bring Me The News: How does social distancing work on a boat? Hennepin County has advice.

Only boat with those in your immediate household.

Do not invite guests onto your boat. This includes family members not in your immediate household and your favorite fishing buddies. (I've always found the best fishing trips were those with strangers who later turned out being serial killers. I didn't know at the time. - DD)

Go right from your house to the boat and back, avoiding all unnecessary contact with anyone during your trip. (WTF is this, "TWD"? -DD)

Do not use a beach, boat ramp or marina that is closed. (Now where's the fun in that? - DD)
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It was announced earlier this week that the State of Minnesota was loosening the requirements for its Stay at Home order so that more people in the leisure boating industry would be able to return to work. (It's okay for a group of strangers to hop onto a commercial, leisure boat but not okay for non-family members to join you on your personal boat? Hey, this makes perfect sense, I mean, we're talking about procedures created by Minnesota bureaucrats.- DD)

Run! RUN! Run from your vehicle or door to your boat, and the other way around. Don't look behind you. Just run! RUN! Keep moving! Faster! Just RUN! RUN-FUCKING-RUN!!

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

People are receiving their stimulus checks. Some of them are dead!

MSN (USA MacPaper): Stimulus checks are going out to people who have died, what that means for relatives.

As many Americans receive $1,200 payments from the federal government to help offset the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, some have been surprised to discover that their dead loved ones also were sent the funds.

"Ok this is insane, but just the tip of the iceberg," tweeted Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who shared an image of a text from a friend that read, "Dad got his stimulus check of $1,200. He died in 2018. Does he have time to spend it online?"
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A report from the Office of the Inspector General found that over 70,000 recipients were deceased before the payment certification date. More than half of those checks were returned, according to an article by the Wall Street Journal at the time.
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However, it is not immediately clear what will happen with those who are receiving checks for deceased relatives and loved ones during the COVID-19 crisis.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the IRS did not have guidelines on its website for payments sent in error to the deceased. The IRS did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment.